The following notice was released July 25 by the Archdiocese of Detroit's Department of Communications:
Following a June 27, 2024, ruling by the Vatican’s highest court, the Apostolic Signatura, the restriction the Archdiocese of Detroit placed on Fr. Kenneth R. Kaucheck in September 2020, which prevented him from celebrating Mass publicly without prior permission, was lifted. As a result of this ruling, Fr. Kaucheck was no longer restricted from public ministry.
Fr. Kaucheck received the news shortly before he passed away from cancer on July 18, 2024.
The restriction, imposed in September 2020, required Fr. Kaucheck to obtain permission from the Archbishop of Detroit or one of his delegates before presiding at or concelebrating Mass in any public setting. Fr. Kaucheck had appealed this restriction through the Church’s standard process.
Fr. Kaucheck had previously appealed another set of limitations placed upon his ministry resulting from clergy discipline matters from the earlier years of his ministry. In both instances, the Vatican’s highest court ruled in Fr. Kaucheck’s favor.
The Archdiocese of Detroit was directed to reimburse Fr. Kaucheck for the costs he incurred in presenting his cases to the Vatican.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated for Fr. Kaucheck at St. Anastasia Church in Troy on Wednesday, July 31.
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